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Careless disposal of antibiotics could produce ‘ferocious superbugs,’ UN environment experts warn

...the last several decades to increasing resistance, but the role of the environment and pollution has received little attention. As such, the Frontiers Report, launched on the second day of the UN Envi...

6 Dec 2017

Careless disposal of antibiotics could produce ‘ferocious superbugs,’ UN environment experts warn

News / Cities

Public sector can’t deliver New Urban Agenda alone, World Economic Forum warns

...the public sector understand the convergence of the outcomes of the multiple global frameworks”. Those frameworks include the New Urban Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement o...

17 Feb 2017

Public sector can’t deliver New Urban Agenda alone, World Economic Forum warns

News / Lifestyle

Weaving sustainability into Singapore's urban fabric

...these are the images most frequently associated with cities, painting them as places where commerce and convenience are prioritised over community or the environment. Singapore, however, is a city th...

23 Jun 2017

Weaving sustainability into Singapore's urban fabric

News / Energy

Storage to solve Australia's energy woes

...the opposite effect. Examples of this include spikes in energy demand when people wake up in the morning and start their days, or sharp drops when most people in the city turn off lights and appliance...

12 May 2017

Storage to solve Australia's energy woes

News / Food & Agriculture

Create rural jobs for youths to stem flight to cities, says UN

...they live, so they are not forced to join the growing ranks of poor seeking work in cities or to make dangerous journeys to reach Europe, the United Nations' food agency said on Monday. By 2030, there...

13 Oct 2017

Create rural jobs for youths to stem flight to cities, says UN

News / Carbon & Climate

Why biodiversity loss is scarier than climate change

...these species go extinct? Should we care if the only way to see these beasts is in a zoo or aquarium, or if they go the way of the Dodo? Preserving these species is not only in the interests of zoolog...

21 Jun 2017

Why biodiversity loss is scarier than climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Costa Rica coffee farmers brew up a carbon neutral future

...the cooperative exports about half its coffee to the United States and the rest to newer markets in Asia where people are willing to pay the higher price. "The social angle, the environmental angle, e...

24 May 2018

Costa Rica coffee farmers brew up a carbon neutral future

News / Cities

As cities surge, careful planning needed for the 'invisible' poor

...When city officials tried to turn things around they not only took on the cartels but consulted with slum residents to try to find out how they could better connect them to the city and give them othe...

6 Apr 2017

As cities surge, careful planning needed for the 'invisible' poor

News / Food & Agriculture

Singapore and Malaysia: Do your favourite foods contain unsustainable palm oil?

...the fact that Southeast Asia is the heartland of the global palm oil industry, the majority of Singapore and Malaysia’s most popular food brands are not reporting their palm oil use in a transparent m...

21 Sep 2017

Singapore and Malaysia: Do your favourite foods contain unsustainable palm oil?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Towards safe, orderly and regular migration in Asia Pacific

...their own benefit, they also do in response to the needs of the countries to which they travel. By moving where the jobs are, migrants support innovation, productivity and growth. Migrants’ contributi...

18 Dec 2017

Towards safe, orderly and regular migration in Asia Pacific

Opinion / Policy & Finance

This is what a private-sector solution to the refugee crisis looks like

...the first safe country they can reach. But many, nonetheless, clamor to escape the instability of their region altogether. They dream of a life of security and opportunity in Europe, and are willing t...

13 Jun 2017

This is what a private-sector solution to the refugee crisis looks like

A woman in Loiza at her damaged home in Loíza, Puerto Rico

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

2017: the year in extreme weather

...there are few clear indications of what the rest of the summer’s weather will bring. There is a suggestion that we can expect a slightly wetter than average start to the year in parts of the southeast...

2 Jan 2018

2017: the year in extreme weather

Super Trees at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. Image: BBC's Planet Earth II: Cities

Opinion / Cities

Planet Earth II ignores threats to Singapore’s last forests

...thers in mind” when the future of so much of the city-state’s wildlife and natural areas is hanging in the balance. Gardens by the Bay claims that biodiversity in the area has tripled since 2010, when...

15 Mar 2017

Planet Earth II ignores threats to Singapore’s last forests

News / Manufacturing

Fashion brands bring hand-washing but little else to India's garment workers, say critics

...the workers from either the brands or the factories, both of whom are members of the alliance," said a trade union official who requested anonymity. The ETI denies the claims and says progress has bee...

24 Jul 2017

Fashion brands bring hand-washing but little else to India's garment workers, say critics

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The Goldilocks dilemma of Singapore's carbon tax

...the carbon tax? What are the emission rates of the 30 to 40 companies affected by the carbon tax? What is the likely impact of the carbon tax on the amount of emissions produced by these companies? L...

26 Apr 2018

The Goldilocks dilemma of Singapore's carbon tax

Opinion / Cities

Five big ideas to better integrate nature into cities

...the term “biophilia” in 1984 as “the urge to affiliate with other forms of life”. But if cities are the apotheosis of human settlements, too often they crowd out those other forms of life. And even wh...

5 May 2017

Five big ideas to better integrate nature into cities

News / Carbon & Climate

Invest in forests and indigenous people to fight climate change - experts

...they said in a study. "Forests hold so much potential in the effort to limit climate change, and yet there's a seemingly endless supply of money to help tear them down," said Charlotte Streck, directo...

27 Oct 2017

Invest in forests and indigenous people to fight climate change - experts

News / Waste

Nuclear waste mountains just go on growing

...the solution to the waste problem is always just around the corner, conveniently just beyond their term of office. But the history of the industry over the last four decades, across the globe, is of d...

1 Mar 2018

Nuclear waste mountains just go on growing

News / Food & Agriculture

‘Grandpa Oyster’ offers example of sustainable ocean business

...the upstream of Okawa River that flows into the Bay. Mr. Hatakeyama is the president of the non-profit organisation “Mori wa Umi no Koibito” (The forest is longing for the sea, the sea is longing for ...

2 Jun 2017

‘Grandpa Oyster’ offers example of sustainable ocean business

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia Pulp and Paper sustainability chief Aida Greenbury exits

...the Southeast Asian haze crisis in 2015, when the company was heavily implicated in the worst forest fires ever to hit the region. A vocal proponent of sustainable forestry practices in social media a...

19 May 2017

Asia Pulp and Paper sustainability chief Aida Greenbury exits

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